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IS CONSULTATION EVERYTHING? THE INFLUENCE OF INTEREST GROUPS ON PARLIAMENTARY WORKING BODIES IN SLOVENIA

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Fink-Hafner D., Krasovec A.
Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
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2005
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vol. 41
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issue 3
401-421
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Empirical data gathered from surveys of MPs and interest groups in Slovenia reveal that the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia is a relatively powerful and accessible political institution. Parliamentary working bodies are perceived by MPs and interest groups as the focal point of their contacts. While MPs find interest groups to be both valuable sources of input into the legislative process and relatively influential policy actors, interest groups are relatively happy with how accessible MPs are, though they are less happy with their own impact on parliamentary decision-making. Despite the direct exchange between MPs and interest groups, political parties still play an important gate-keeping role. The identified factors of the impact of interest groups on the legislative process include the formally defined roles and competencies of parliamentary working bodies, policy sector variations, European interest-group networking, and the leadership styles of those who chair the working bodies.
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Conflicts and Interests in Public Health Care System; their Institutionalisation and Solving

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Zalewski D.
Polityka Społeczna
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2008
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vol. 35
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issue 7(412)
31-38
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Conflicts and interests are the two sides of the same coin. Social dialogue function is to be institutionalised if conflicts come into existence in connection with different interests. The changes in health care system require to take into consideration different groups' interests so as to limit open conflicts occurring. Existing social dialogue institutions, especially Tripartite Commission, are not used to regulate conflicts around functioning of the public health care system. The main negotiations is held without social dialogue institutions conducting to dysfunction of the public health care. The aim of this article is to show how we can control the conflicts in order to secure the interest groups be articulated in social dialogue institutions
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MEDIA, INTERESTS AND MORAL PANIC: NEW SOCIOLOGICAL CATHEGORY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

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Zielinska I.
Kultura i Społeczeństwo
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2004
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vol. 48
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issue 4
161-177
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Urlich Beck in his famous work Risk Society argues that social theory and practice should pay more attention to the production and distribution of risk and fear. For the last two decades there has been a significant growth of interest - mainly in Western sociology - in a relatively new sub-discipline called the 'sociology of anxiety'. One of the concepts within the field is a Moral Panic theory. The aim of this article is to introduce this new problematic and present its main ideas and definitions. The moral panic theory is discussed with relation to other prominent sociological approaches, focusing on similarities and differences. Finally, the article discusses the feasibility of introducing the moral panic concept to the analysis of several Polish social issues.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE APPROACH TOWARDS THE STUDY OF CORRUPTION

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Staronova K., Malikova L.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2007
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vol. 39
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issue 4
287-315
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The article refers to the concepts specifying corruption from the domain of political science. It follows the occurrence of the phenomenon in relation to misuse of power for personal profit and provides an overview of theses formulated by political science authors on corruption and misuse of power (e.g. Rose-Ackerman, Warren, Johnston, Klitgaard) in relation to public administration and policy making. The examples and documentation of Slovak experience is provided, particularly in the field of the politico-administrative relations and from the exercise of discretionary power of the street level bureaucracy. Corrupted behaviour usually arises in the environment of public power misuse, where institutional and legal framework does not provide sufficient opportunity for the expression of plurality of the opinions which consequently is reflected in the unequal participatory access of various economic and political elite as well as interest groups.
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SOUVISLOSTI VZNIKU FEDERÁLNÍHO RESERVNÍHO SYSTÉMU

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Otáhal T.
Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
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2009
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vol. 57
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issue 8
788-803
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This paper explores three possible motives for the establishment of the American Federal Reserve System. At the beginning, there is a short description of the National Banking Era. The author argues that while (i) the professional community quite truthfully recognized the problems with National Banking, motives of (ii) political leaders and (iii) interest groups for the establishment of the FED were stronger. The historical situation characterized by the deepening capital concentration and globalization brought politicians to enforce interventionist public policy followed by imperialism. These reasons significantly contributed to a tighter centralized political control of money supply by Federal Reserve System.
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THE INFLUENCE OF BELONGING TO AN ASSOCIATION ON INDIVIDUALS' SOCIO-POLITICAL DISPOSITIONS, THEIR ACTIVITY AND CREATIVITY (Wplyw przynaleznosci do grup interesu na predyspozycje spoleczno-polityczne, aktywnosc i kreatywnosc jednostek)

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Oswiecimski K.
Horyzonty Wychowania
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2011
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vol. 10
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issue 20
81-111
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Interest groups, associations and social organizations are nowadays key social elements that influence the quality of social and political life. There are many ways in which they affect social and political systems, and most obvious of these seem to be the effects found on the macro scale, namely the fact that groups represent people's opinions, shape the political agenda, complement the system of political representation, and oppose the introduction of unpopular decisions. All of these and many other effects on the macro scale are of great importance and are often subjects of scholarly research. However, there are also effects on the micro scale, that is the effects on individuals. The aim of this article is to point out and analyze, mostly on the American example, how the fact of belonging to a group and being an active member can influence individuals' predispositions, activity and consequently their creativity. The author reaches a conclusion that there is a significant relation. People belonging to groups, and especially those being active in them, gain a lot in terms of socially desirable characteristics. The activity within a group helps individuals become more self-confident, get more self-esteem, and gain social skills that help in social relations. All of this can affect the potential for creativity, as individuals who are more self-confident and better informed tend to think more boldly and express themselves more courageously, which consequently helps creativity. Despite all the positive effects of groups, one can definitely also find many potential dangers and disadvantages. As to the individual level, we can assume that belonging to some groups may make some individuals become more hostile towards members of other groups. The same concerns the potential for creativity, namely belonging to some kind of groups, especially those clearly promoting inner conformism may decrease the level of creativity. Therefore, very much depends on the type of a group that we are talking about. Most of the groups seem to have positive effects, but some, in some circumstances, may have negative influence in this regard.
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